2 in grave condition after LA shooting leaves 3 dead

Michael Blood

Los Angeles police investigators work the scene of a fatal shooting in the Crenshaw District neighborhood of Los Angeles, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016. According to police an early morning argument at a restaurant triggered gunfire. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

October 15, 2016 - 6:54 PM

LOS ANGELES - An early morning argument at a Los Angeles restaurant operating out of a converted home apparently triggered gunfire that left three people dead and 12 wounded, two gravely, authorities said Saturday.

The restaurant owner told The Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/2diVuqZ) he runs a Jamaican catering business out of the house and was hosting a birthday celebration when the shooting broke out. A man who had gone to the house to ask that a car be moved from his brother's driveway told the newspaper there were more than 100 people in the house and yard and that a DJ was playing music.

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